Peninsula SPCA says dog boarder abused animals

Updated 12:20 pm, Thursday, August 20, 2015

A video shows the owner of a dog sitting business in Burlingame grabbing a dog by the neck, slamming the animal to the ground and slapping it multiple times.

A video shows the owner of a dog sitting business in Burlingame grabbing a dog by the neck, slamming the animal to the ground and slapping it multiple times.

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Peninsula SPCA says dog boarder abused animals

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An animal welfare group is publicizing a video that it says shows the owner of a dog sitting business in Burlingame grabbing a dog by the neck, slamming the animal to the ground and slapping it multiple times.

The Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA said a neighbor of the owner took the video on a cell phone on July 30.

The organization said it believed the video provides enough evidence for the district attorney to prosecute the owner on abuse charges. The group doesn’t give the owner’s name, but identifies her as a woman in her 60s who has for at least 10 years operated a dog boarding business at her home, located behind Burlingame High School.

Previous video clips of the owner show her stomping on a dog, the organization said.

“If we hear from other dog owners who have hired this woman to care for their dogs and had bad experiences, they may become part of the report we deliver to the DA’s Office,” said the group’s spokesman, Scott Delucchi.

After receiving the July 30 video, the group’s investigators went to the residence and seized 11 dogs, the organization said.

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For now, it is concerned with locating the dog in the video, described as a “golden-colored, approximately 15-pound, long-haired small breed, perhaps a Chihuahua mix, with a fluffy tail, and somewhat pointed snout with short hair around the face.”

“The owner is claiming the dog in the video clip is her dog, a Lhasa Apso, but we can clearly see several distinguishing physical characteristics which tell us these are not the same dog,” Delucchi said.